I’m leaving early tomorrow (Wednesday, July 9th) for a 2-week mission trip to Taiwan.
I helped with a mission project there in 2006 and have been looking forward to returning ever since.
Here's a little more about the ministry going on in Taiwan:
Taiwan is a mountainous island located just off the coast of mainland China. It is a non-Christian society with only about 5% of Taiwan's 25 million population claiming to be Christian. The majority follow a unique Chinese blend of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.
The Good News Christian Church in Kaohsiung (pronounced Gow Shung) began nearly 20 years ago.
However, the church struggled for its first 10 years of existence with only 15-20 members. One missionary couple (the Foremans) worked with the church, but was on the brink of coming home to the United States in frustration.
That all changed in 1996. Two families from the United States and Team Expansion (the Atkins and the Dunns) came to help the Foremans with the church.
The church began to flourish shortly after their arrival and is now very healthy with nearly 150 in attendance.
In 2003, David & Brenda Atkin moved to the city of Taichung to begin a new church work there.
Our team's main project will be helping David & Brenda Atkin (our host missionaries) conduct a Sports & English camp for over 100 Taiwanese teenagers.
The Sports & English camp has its own web site: http://www.sportsandenglish.com/.
Young people from all over the island will come to learn more about different sports and the English language. We will teach a lot about Jesus, too, as most of the campers (75-80%) will not know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
I helped with a mission project there in 2006 and have been looking forward to returning ever since.
Here's a little more about the ministry going on in Taiwan:
Taiwan is a mountainous island located just off the coast of mainland China. It is a non-Christian society with only about 5% of Taiwan's 25 million population claiming to be Christian. The majority follow a unique Chinese blend of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.
The Good News Christian Church in Kaohsiung (pronounced Gow Shung) began nearly 20 years ago.
However, the church struggled for its first 10 years of existence with only 15-20 members. One missionary couple (the Foremans) worked with the church, but was on the brink of coming home to the United States in frustration.
That all changed in 1996. Two families from the United States and Team Expansion (the Atkins and the Dunns) came to help the Foremans with the church.
The church began to flourish shortly after their arrival and is now very healthy with nearly 150 in attendance.
In 2003, David & Brenda Atkin moved to the city of Taichung to begin a new church work there.
Our team's main project will be helping David & Brenda Atkin (our host missionaries) conduct a Sports & English camp for over 100 Taiwanese teenagers.
The Sports & English camp has its own web site: http://www.sportsandenglish.com/.
Young people from all over the island will come to learn more about different sports and the English language. We will teach a lot about Jesus, too, as most of the campers (75-80%) will not know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
The first-ever Sports & English camp, held in 2006, was a great success!
We had 35 young people come forward at decision time on Friday night, with 15 of them being baptized into Christ on Saturday morning before we left the camp.
This year, I will have 3 others traveling with me to help with the camp. They are: Justin Livingston (Iowa) and Rick & Emily Kemple (Indiana).
Please pray for safety for our team in travels and effectiveness of sharing the gospel.
I'll try to post updates throughout the trip.
God bless,
Greg H
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